Cowboys land just 1 player on Players’ All-Pro Team for 2024

From @ToddBrock24f7: KaVontae Turpin was selected by active NFL players as the best kick return man in the game. He’s the only Cowboy to make the 2024 squad.

For the third year in a row, the NFL Players’ Association has put together its own all-star squad, voted on solely by players choosing the best of the best at their own positions and the positions they line up against.

The Players’ All-Pro Team was started last year as “the first true representation of players recognizing the best of us,” according to then-NFLPA president and former Browns center JC Tretter. (The honor is not to be confused with the All-Pro award; that roster will be revealed by the Associated Press in the coming days.)

This year, only one Cowboys player meets that criterion. KaVontae Turpin was chosen as the Players’ All-Pro-Team kick returner for 2024.

Turpin led the league with 904 kick return yards, and his 33.5-yard average was tops among all specialists who returned a dozen or more kicks this season. He was one of just seven NFL players to return a kick for a touchdown in 2024.

His 99-yard spin-move score in the Week 12 win over Washington stands as perhaps the most memorable play of the Cowboys’ season and one of the most-replayed moments on an NFL field all year.

The 2023 team featured five Cowboys (CeeDee Lamb, Zack Martin, Tyler Smith, DaRon Bland, Brandon Aubrey) representing all three phases of the game. But, just like everything else on the field in Dallas, 2024 saw a disappointing dropoff.

Turpin previously made the 2023 Players’ All-Pro Team, as the punt returner. Martin was also included on that inaugural squad.

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To determine the Players’ All-Pro Team, active players vote only for their own position group and the position group(s) they line up directly against. Players get one vote only for each of those slots and are not allowed to vote for themselves. Designated player leaders from each team vote for special teamers. Players who missed five or more games as of Week 15 were ineligible for the vote.

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